Devotion - Wednesday of Holy Week

You must abide by the academic calendar.  This year the academic calendar aligns poorly with the Liturgical Calendar.  This is Holy Week, and it is a week so close to the end of the semester that it is impossible to catch a break.

Do the best you can.

There will be other Holy Weeks in your life; other opportunities to move through the events which define our faith and our following of Jesus.  But each Holy Week is an opportunity, and it saddens me to think you might miss some of this one.  

Do the best you can.

Holy Week is a physical re-enactment of the release which comes to us through our Messiah.  Holy Week is a re-occurrence of the lengths to which God will go in order to assure us that we do not need to worry or fret.  Holy Week is a gift, which makes life possible in a whole new way.

Between the demands of these final two weeks of class, find ways to experience as much as you can of this gift.  Seek opportunities to be reminded of the depth of God's love and the extent of God's compassion.  Be of this mind, even if your body has to be in labs or sitting behind a study desk.